Suzuki Seijun and postwar Japanese cinema / William Carroll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carroll, William (William James), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suzuki, Seijun, 1923-2017--Criticism and interpretation.

Suzuki, Seijun.

Cult films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]

Summary:

William Carroll offers a new account of Suzuki Seijun's career that highlights the intersections of film theory, film production, cinephile culture, and politics in 1960s Japan. This book presents both a major reinterpretation of Suzuki's work and a new lens on postwar Japanese film culture and industry.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Names, Images, and Translations

Introduction: Why Suzuki Seijun?

1. 1968 and the Suzuki Seijun Incident

2. Suzuki Seijun and the Impossibility of Cinema

3. Postwar Japanese Genre Filmmaking and the Nikkatsu Action Sylistic Idiom

4. The Emergence of the Seijunesque

5. The Authorial Voice of Suzuki Seijun

Coda

Appendix 1. Filmography

Appendix 2. Unfilmed Projects

Appendix 3. Guryū Hachirō Extended Filmography

Appendix 4. Suzuki Seijun as Assistant Director

Appendix 5. Commercials Directed by Suzuki Seijun

Appendix 6. Books Written by Suzuki Seijun

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Carroll, William Suzuki Seijun and Postwar Japanese Cinema

ISBN:

9780231555500

0231555504

OCLC:

1328135358